Device for drawing liquids



May I, 1934 J.- c. GLOMB DEVICE FOR DRAWING LIQUIDS Filed Feb. 9, 1953 INVENTOR Patented May 1, 15934 -UNITED STATEfi PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

More particularly my invention is intended for siphoning liquids from a keg, barrel, cask or other container as for the purpose of bottling or transferring the liquid to another container or containers.

In the case of certain liquids such as spirituous, vinous and brewed liquors it is desirable or im portant to prevent contact between. the liquid and metal.

Again in a siphonic device the extension of the tube into the container should be adjustable so that the sediment, dregs or lees precipitated to the bottom or lower level of the container may not be withdrawn or again to enable any desired amount of the clear liquid to be withdrawn from the container.

The object which I have in view is the provision of a new and improved liquid-withdrawal device possessing, inter alia, the following characteristic advantages.

My improved device may be applied to the bung hole of any wooden or other keg, barrel, cask or container without changing the character of said hole and it may be applied thereto and removed therefrom without the use of any tool, except possibly a mallet or hammer. N metal comes into contact with the flowing liquid and all the parts of the device are air-tight and readily maintained such.

The device may be adjusted accurately to any desired depth of insertion into the container so that only the clear liquid is withdrawn from the container or such clear liquid in the desired quantity.

The device is inexepensive to manufacture and thus may be sold at a low price. It is light in weight, durable and contains no parts which will lose their eificiency from ordinary wear.

My device may be readily taken apart for thorough cleaning, such as by scalding with hot water or suitable solutions, and may be readily put together again without inconvenience or requiring the use of special tools.

Other objects will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawing wherein I have illustrated a practical embodiment of the principles of my invention, Fig. 1 is a view partially in elevation and partially in vertical section showing my improved device applied to the bung hole of a wine barrel.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in vertical section of the valve and hose connection elements which are mounted at the upper end of the stand pipe.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same taken on a vertical plane at right angles to the planes of Figs. 1 and 2, the stand pipe being omitted.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the bung-member.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents the container, such as a barrel, with a bung hole 2 in its side. The barrel is shown positioned on its side so that the bung hole is uppermost, but it will be readily understood that the bung hole may be in the end or head of the container, in which case the container will be set on its end.

3 represents the bung-member of my device which is made of compressible material, such for instance and preferably of cork or rubber. If desired the bung-member may be of wood which has suilicient compressibility for the purpose to be described, but I prefer a more compressible material, such as above suggested. The bungmember is preferably more or less tapered, as is usual in the case of bungs.

The member 3 is provided with an axial bore 4. through which extends the stand pipe 5 having a central bore 6. The stand pipe is preferably a Wooden tube but may be of any suitable rigid material, such for instance as glass, hard rubber and the like.

When the bung-member 3 is not compressed the pipe 5 slides readily therein and when the member 3 is compressed as by being driven into the bung hole 2 to a sufiicient degree, the pipe 5 is clamped stationary but may be released by loosening the member 3 in the bung hole.

Mounted on top of the stand pipe is a valve body which is also of compressible material, such as cork or rubber, and for convenience of assembling the valve parts such body is formed of two complementary parts 7a and 7b which have their abutting surfaces horizontally grooved so that when the parts are clamped together they provide the transversely disposed bore 8 which receives the valve plug 9.

The plug 9. is provided with a cylindrical portion 10 which fits the bore 8, and at either end of the portion 10 the plug is provided with a circumferential lip 11 which prevents relative lonigtudinal movement between the valve body and the plug. At its protruding rear end the plug 9 is provided with a suitable handle 12, while the protruding front end of the plug is externally tapered as at 13 so that the rubber hose 1% may be slipped over the end of the plug. The body parts are held together and compressed into snug engagement with the plug as by means of bolts 15 which extend through registering holes in the body parts and through upper and lower metal plates 16 and which are iii provided with thumb nuts 1'7. Thus the parts of the valve body are held together and the plug is snugly held therein by such clamping means, preventing leakage of liquid at the valve.

The plug is provided with an axial bore 18 which extends from its front end to a point adjacent the rear lip 11 and within the valve body the plug is provided with a radial port 19 connecting with the bore 18.

The valve plug is preferably made of wood but it may be made of any suitable rigid material, such as glass, hard rubber and the like.

The lower part 7: of the valve body is provided with a socket 20 which receives the upper end of the stand pipe 5 with a snug fit. Under ordinary circumstances frictional engagement between the pipe and the socket will be sufficient to hold the parts together, but if desired, any convenient character of clamp may be used. The inner end of the socket 20 is connected by the port 21 with the bore 8 of the valve body. When the valve plug is turned in its closed position shown in Fig. 2 the ports 19 and 21 are out of registry and thus the valve is closed, but when the valve plug is turned so that the ports 19 and 21 register, as shown in Fig. 3, the valve is open and liquid may pass up the stand pipe 5 and out through the bore 18 of the valve plug to the hose 1%.

The stand pipe is provided with graduations indicated at 22 which are arranged to show the depth of insertion of the pipe 5 in the container 1, for the purposes described.

To install my improved withdrawal-device relative to the keg l the plug 9 is lightly inserted in the bung-member 3 and the pipe 5'is lowered and raised relative to the bung-member to obtain the desired insertion of the pipe in the barrel and the bung-member is then driven snugly into the hole 2, thus clamping the pipe 5 stationary. The valve is now opened and suction is applied to the tube 14 by any convenient means and the liquid will rise through the stand pipe 5 and through the valve and pass through the hose to its destination. To remove the device from the container 1 all that is necessary is to loosen the bung-member 3 and the whole mechanism can then be lifted out. It is apparent that the device may be readily taken apart for thorough cleaninga very important consideration. This is effected by disconnecting the stand pipe 5 from the valve body and removing the nuts 17 and withdrawing the bolts 15 so that the body parts may be disassembled, thus permitting their cleaning and also the convenient cleaning of the valve plug.

I claim:

1. In a liquid withdrawal device for containers, the combination with a substantially rigid pipe, a partible valve body mounted on the upper end of the pipe and comprising two blocks of compressible material in superimposed relation with grooves cut in their mating surfaces to form a valve seat, said seat being connected by a radial port with the bore of the pipe, a valve plug held in said seat and protruding therefrom, said plug having a longitudinal bore and also a radial port which is brought into re istry with the port in said seat to open the valve, and clamping means to compress the blocks together to hold the plug in its seat and to provide a fluid tight seal between the plug and the valve body.

2. In a liquid withdrawal device for containers, the combination with a substantially rigid pipe, a partible valve body mounted on the upper end of the pipe and comprising two blocks of compressible material in superimposed relation with grooves cut in their mating surfaces to form a valve seat, said seat being connected by a radial port with the bore of the pipe, a valve plug held in said seat and protruding therefrom, said plug having a longitudinal bore and also a radial port which is brought into registry with the port in said seat to open the valve, and clamping means to compress the blocks together to hold the plug in its seat and to provide a fluid tight seal between the plug and the valve body, a protruding end of the plug being formed to have the end of a flexible tube slipped over the same.

3. In a liquid withdrawal device for containers, the combination with a substantially rigid pipe, a partible valve body mounted on the upper end of the pipe and comprising two blocks of compressible material in superimposed relation with grooves cut in their mating surfaces to form a valve seat, said seat being connected by a radial port with the bore of the pipe, a valve plug held in said seat and protruding therefrom, said plug having a longitudinal bore and also a radial port which is brought into registry with the port in said seat to open the valve, and clamping means to compress the blocks together to hold the plug in its seat and to provide a fluid tight seal between the plug and the valve body, a protruding end of the plug being provided with means to rotate the plug to open and close the valve.

4. In a liquid withdrawal device for containers, the combination with a substantially rigid pipe, a partible valve body mounted on the upper end of the pipe and comprising two blocks of compressible material in superimposed relation with grooves cut in their mating surfaces to form a valve seat, said seat being connected by a radial port with the bore of the pipe, a valve plug held in said seat and protruding therefrom, said plug having a longitudinal bore and also a radial port which is broughtinto registry with the port in said seat to open the valve, and clamping means to compress the blocks together to hold the plug in its seat and to provide a fluid tight seal between the plug and the valve body, the outer end of the radial port in the body and-leading from the seat being enlarged to receive the end or" the pipe whereby to mount the valve on the pipe.

5. In a valve of the character described, the combination of a valve body formed of a pair of blocks of compressible material and having mating surfaces, said surfaces being provided with complementary grooves which coact to form a valve seat, a port extending through one of the blocks for connecting a fluid conduit tosaid seat, a valve'plug contained in said seat and protruding therefrom, said plug being provided with a longitudinal bore closed at one end and with a radially disposed port which registers with the port in said seat when the valve is open, means JOHN C. GLQMB. 

